Species Tripudia balteata - Hodges#9005

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Eustrotiinae

Tribe Eustrotiini

Genus Tripudia

Species balteata (Tripudia balteata - Hodges#9005)

Hodges Number

9005

Explanation of Names

Author is J.B. Smith 1900. This is apparently John Bernhardt Smith, 1858-1912 (1). See also History of Malaria in New Jersey, describing his work in mosquito control at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.

Species name balteata appears to mean "belted", compare Latin balteus a sword belt worn by Roman soldiers (Wikipedia--Balteus).

Size

wingpsan 15 mm (Moths of SE Arizona)

Identification

Easily identified by the broad yellowish band on forewing (Becker and Miller, 2002).

Range

Southern United States, Antilles, south to Brazil (Becker and Miller, 2002)

See Also

Tripudia flavofasciata

Print References

Gordh, entry for John Bernhard Smith (1)

Becker and Miller. THE LARGE MOTHS OF GUANA ISLAND, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.... Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 56(1), 2002, 9-44 (PDF), photograph of specimen--figure 155

Internet References

MPG

Moths of Southeastern Arizona--Noctuidae, image

Works Cited

1.	A Dictionary of Entomology By George Gordh, David H. Headrick

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 December, 2006 - 5:59pm
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Last updated 19 June, 2008 - 7:39pm

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